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Among the feature races on the Sunday night (June 16) harness racing program at Running Aces was the $15,500 Open Handicap Trot which drew a solid field of eight competitors.

The U.S. Trotting Association announced on Monday (June 17) the launch of the beta version of a new Equine Health & Wellness Database (EHWD). The initial phase is for the collection of data. When sufficient data is available, it will all be made available to the public.

Joe Lee and Bruce Baker both vaulted into the race late to win their respective $7,500 divisions of the American Harness Drivers Club events at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Sunday (June 16).

Italian trotter Far West Bi (sired by Muscle Hill) is Europe’s fastest 3-year-old so far after his win at the track in Follonica Sunday (June 16) afternoon.

It has to start somewhere and that somewhere will be at Buffalo Raceway on Wednesday afternoon (June 19) as eight of the nine filly pacers entered in the pair of divisions of the New York Sire Stakes will be launching their careers.

The Spring Haven Farm Ladies Driving Series got underway this past week with a single division on Monday (June 10) at the Paulding County Fair in Paulding and a single division on Sunday (June 16) at the Pickaway County Fair in Circleville.

After grinding uncovered to a narrow miss last week, Forrest Bartlett’s Iwannabewithyou withstood a protracted early battle in Sunday’s (June 16) $12,000 Open 1 Handicap Pace at Ocean Downs and narrowly prevailed over a late-surging Fantastic Voyage to give driver Trae Porter one of six wins on the card.

Being named “E. Hanover” or “D. Miller” were the keys to success at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania on Sunday night (June 16), as Elista Hanover and Emoji Hanover won the two divisions of the $143,200 third preliminary of the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes for 3-year-old trotting fillies, and driver David Miller guided a Sire Stakes winner and three winners in the four $20,000 Stallion Series races.

The 86-year-old owner-trainer-driver Bob Nadeau had been winless in seven starts this season. That all changed on Saturday (June 15) at Cumberland, when the youthful octogenarian steered his own N Expense to victory in a $5,000 division of the Maine Amateur Driving Club.